At NoLimits, we believe that a successful business is the combination of values, attitudes, behaviours and motivations of the people who work within it. From experience, most organizational issues/ challenges are people problems. We use our understanding of people and good business, with the psychology that underpins it all, to improve organisational performance. The solutions created are people centred, pragmatic and deliver sustainable change.

PERSONAL GROWTH FOR PROFESSIONALS

We are about Personal Growth for Professionals.

Personal: Every individual has the potential to change and develop new or modified behaviours that get a better outcome.

Professionals: The outcomes are in the professional work context. The personal growth creates better teamwork, leadership and collaboration to drive business results, retain talent and build a better corporate culture.

We help you improve business results, create improved organisational performance and retain and develop talent through a holistic approach integrating our activities with the overall organisation learning and development strategy. This is essential to ensure the effectiveness of your investment and to drive a real change in the behaviours and culture of an organisation.

OUR VALUES

Expertise:We pride ourselves on being at the forefront of new thinking within the industry and will share our knowledge with our clients to help give them the competitive edge.

Integrity: We commit ourselves to being fully accountable for what we promise to our clients and we will always deliver on our commitments regardless of our own wants or needs.

Positive Results:Return on Investment for our clients is always top of our agenda. We actively seek ways of transferring knowledge back into the workplace to ensure sustainable change and positive results. Our programmes are bespoke to our client to help avoid the 'so what' factor and ensure immediate transfer to the workplace.

Innovation:We are constantly seeking and delivering new and innovative ways of delivering our solutions, be that via workshops or by shadowing our clients to give them timely and immediate feedback.

We have a regional presence and our facilitators are highly experienced to deliver a range of interventions which include:

Creating your vision

Prioritising and driving results

Managing performance

Coaching skills for leaders, to retain and develop staff

Motivating and building employee engagement

Talent management

Building relationships and influencing skills

Collaborating effectively

Managing in a Crisis

Interview Skills

Presentation Skills

Personal Brand and Impact

Managing careers, yours and others

Networking

Leading and Collaborating with Myers Briggs

Communicating with Extended DISC

Managing across cultures

Core skills for new managers

Induction programmes for new employees

Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ)

Parker Team Player Roles

360° Feedback

The Disney Creative Planning Strategy

Work-Life balance

NoLimits has three core areas of activity working in long term partnership with our customers.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Working with you we help you develop interventions to close the gaps on key leadership competencies in an organisation.

There are three typical forms of intervention:

Workshops designed and developed to drive behavioural change based on extensive needs analysis, feedback, modular approaches, post programme follow up and adapting case studies and examples to each situation.

Workshops can be developed, owned and branded by the client leveraging our programme design capabilities and with train the trainer sessions to build the organisations own capability to implement change.

Workshops can already exist in a company and we can easily leverage our extensive experience to step in as local resources to deliver existing global or regional programmes, often advising on and enhancing content and approach, adapting to local cultures and enhancing overall programme effectiveness.

TEAM DEVELOPMENT

Developing and enhancing team effectiveness can result in substantial business benefits through improved communication, collaboration and open confrontation.

Teams that work more effectively are those that naturally collaborate to create win-win outcomes for the organisation, using open, honest and direct communication styles and adopting a solutions mind-set. These teams plan and prioritise effectively and get better results faster.

The basis of successful team development is in four areas:

Self-awareness and awareness of others

Communication, collaboration and influencing skills

The ability to set vision and goals and priorities, driving execution

Driving innovation and being successful change agents

Our Team Development workshops are constructed for senior management and other leadership teams, either of whole companies, business units, or functional areas and markets.

We incorporate the benefits of Organisational Climate Surveys on leadership, teamwork and communication and focus on driving the teams we work with to transformational action using a focus on values, identity, purpose and through driving feedback and direct open and honest team communication.

Alternative approaches for team development focus on one time interventions of usually one or two days with a team to use models that help them collectively focus on team goals, prioritise better, communicate better, understand each other and collaborate better.

COACHING

The case for coaching is compelling. Great leaders improve business performance. Hewitt Associates Top Companies for Leaders study found that companies with stronger leadership practices outperform their industry peers in long term growth and financial returns.

A key practice underpinning this is the use of executive coaching. 47% of the top 20 Top Companies for Leaders regularly assign coaches to high performing executives. Just 10% of the other 300 companies make the same claim. Coaching is a powerful tool to accelerate the performance of successful executives and their companies.

NoLimits coaching helps leaders:

● Clarify, plan and reach goals ● Design a plan of action ● Discover and take advantage of new opportunities ● Solve problems ● Increase self-awareness and awareness of others ● Make decisions

We help you identify what is most important to you and how to align your actions with organisational goals. We help you discover wha you want both personally and professionally and we will help you gain clarity on what is important to you, your values and strengths, which will enable you to make more meaningful choices and take a consistent action.

NOLIMITS COACHING APPROACHES:

We offer coaching solutions for many needs:

Senior Executive Coaching -For high performers in the organisation who need to focus on specific aspects of their personal development to continue their career trajectory, to continue to deliver enhanced results and / or develop and enhance specific leadership competencies. Our one to one executive coaching helps you to become a better leader, to achieve superior results and to increase your potential.

Strategic Coaching -With these interventions we work with your leadership teams to facilitate and coach innovation sessions developing the organisation's strategic options. Understanding that innovation is 90% execution and 10% ideas, these coaching sessions are focused on building consensus and alignment and driving towards commitment to action and achievable outcomes.

One to One Individual Leadership Development -Building on the coaching approach we offer one to one leadership training. These coaching and personal development packages focus on a specific leadership competency and are typically delivered in a modular approach. Many busy senior executives prefer this fast track to development and the process enables the leader to implement key skills in between sessions, reporting back on progress and real experience to fine tune the approach.

Shadow Coaching-Our shadow coach will be with you for an extended period, giving feedback at the end of key days about what you did. We identify how you behave in meetings, including analysis of body language, use of voice and language and the reactions of co-workers, customers and suppliers. We explore how you handle and prioritise time, schedules, paperwork, email, telephone calls, and breaks. You obtain direct, real time performance feedback.

Team Coaching-Your team has a problem to solve, a plan to prepare, a product or service to develop and launch. All the best teams use a coach. Experience the effectiveness of structured facilitation, generating clear commitments to act and establishing common goals.

Coaching Skills for Leaders-We provide coaching skills training for leaders and HR professionals. This real skills transfer ensures that leaders know how to get the best performance out of their teams and the individuals that work for them. This can also build core organisational skills.

SKILLS BUILDING

EXAMPLES OF OUR MOST FREQUENT LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

Programme duration is typically 1-2 days subject to class size and the level of customisation and practice sessions required

Assertiveness Skills

Distinguish between assertive, aggressive and passive behaviour

Express yourself assertively using specific verbal and non-verbal techniques and get maximum results

Request what you want assertively and get it

Criticise and change behaviour while staying friends

Use a simple technique to reinforce the behaviour of others

Disagree with the other person in such a way that helps them understand your stance on the matter without taking it personally

Career Management and Networking

Learn how to proactively take the lead in managing your own career and profile and enhance the profile of your division / organisation

Use your preferred learning and thinking styles to excel in your career and organisation

Practise the tools and techniques of networking inside and outside of the organisation and managing connections to increase best practice, building the profile yourself and the function / organisation you represent

Design a resume or profile of your skills, attributes and achievements to leverage what you have to offer, assess your development needs and have confident career discussions

Distinguish how to use and respond to the different types of interviewing techniques

Develop planning and actioning tools that will allow you to prioritise your goals and work tasks in line with organisational vision and goals

Client Relationship Skills

Complete online DISC report before the programme

Apply the essential principles of client services to anyone who wants your 'output'

Build Connection and Trust, using self-awareness and awareness of others with Extended DISC

Time bandits - are you your own time bandits and how to SAY NO and be liked for it

Personal action planning

Power Presenting

Identify the fundamental parameters of a good presentation

Engage your audience and get their fullest attention

Prepare your story, understand what you want to show and record it

Use the power of your voice and the 5 power actors techniques that will transform your impact

Use video based feedback and see your performance accelerate during the process of giving three individual practice presentations

See best in class examples of presenting skills and unlock the techniques used

Design high-impact slides that deliver your message efficiently

Deliver your presentation with confidence and leave a positive and memorable experience for the audience

Control your environment to have the highest impact

Scenario Planning

Use a 7-stage approach for participants to experience the practical application of scenario planning techniques and learn how to leverage the techniques for strategic leadership planning

Frame your challenge using the 6 hats brainstorming techniques

Define the future uncertainties using Harvard Business Model Re-invention strategies

Create the scenarios and story lines and shape the responses, identifying implications

Use the Delphi technique and mind mapping tools in evaluating and exploring data and identify trends and driving forces for your business strategy

Working as a team

Identify how teams progress overtime and how does this impact team members and the leaders' leadership style

Evaluate a team's balance based on Team Roles and use systematic methods to enhance the efficiency of a team's intercommunications

Use empathic communication and increase your understanding of emotional skills

Deliver constructive feedback and praise efficiently while paying attention to both verbal and non-verbal communication

Discover what you know about yourself and how others think of you

Coach systematically to help others achieve more and become their trusted team member

Learn best practice knowledge sharing approaches so that all in the team can develop and grow to be their best

Advanced Coaching Skills for Professionals

Study models for performance and development coaching that help solve employee performance challenges, goal achievement and development needs

Learn to use coaching to accelerate progress towards individual, team and organisational goals

Understand the power of questioning techniques to generate solutions

Learn how to build an open environment of trust and mutual development

Acquire and practise coaching skills and techniques to understand what motivates and drives the members of your team, peers and colleagues

CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMES

EXTENDED DISC

We can certify you to conduct Extended DISC based training in-house. Become certified in this two day programme. Includes 20 complimentary DISC reports for your 1st programme and access to your own personal online DISC administrator system, when you can create tailored reports and administer your own programmes. Certification programmes run twice a year in Singapore and London. In-house certification programmes are also available.

NLP BUSINESS PRACTITIONER PROGRAMME

This certification has been uniquely designed based on over 20 years of corporate knowledge. Many NLP programmes are designed for therapy, whereas the NoLimits NLP Business Practitioner Certification has been designed and applied with both the work and life context in mind. NoLimits has designed the NLP techniques to have an immediate positive impact that can be applied in work situations such as leading, managing careers, influencing, enhancing relationships and resolving conflict, and in personal life situations such as overcoming fears and limitations, having purpose, family, relationships, health and wealth. The workbook, reading materials, references and facilitation empower you with your own practical tool kit for both your personal and professional development.

DEPLOYMENT

TAILORED PROGRAMMES

All of our programmes can be tailored to your needs, including blending materials, running participant focus groups, and developing participant and role specific case studies and practical exercises. Please call us at +65 6410 9526 to discuss your exact requirements and we will develop a tailored proposal for you.

05 July 2014

A friend and client sent me this in an email the other day, so I dont have a ready attribution, however it is such highly practical advice for a bit more balance in your life that I wanted to share:

Achieving Mindfulness

Practicing mindfulness in any of many ways will help you with your energy, balance, and a sense of empowerment and meaning in your life. You also need to focus on setting yourself up for success – take this simple audit to discover what you can implement, one step at a time to help bring you to balance.

Enabling Mindfulness and Personal Energy Audit (Answer True or False)

I don’t regularly get at least 7 hours of sleep and /or I often wake up feeling tired

I frequently skip breakfast or I settle for something that isn’t particularly healthy

I don’t do cardiovascular training at lest three times a week and strength training at least twice a week

I don’t take regular breaks during the day to renew and recharge

I often eat lunch at my desk if I eat lunch at all

I frequently find myself feeling irritable, impatient or anxious at work especially when demand is high

I don’t have enough time with my family and loved ones and when i ‘m with them I’m not always really with them

I take too little time for the activities that I most deeply enjoy

I rarely stop to express my appreciation to others or to savor and celebrate my accomplishment s and blessings

I often feel that my life is just a relentless set of demands I’m expected to meet and task I have to complete

I have difficulty focusing on one thing at a time and I’m easily distracted during the day especially be email

I spend much of my time reacting to immediate demands rather than focusing on activities with longer term value and leverage

I don’t take enough time for reflection strategizing and thinking creatively

I rarely have any time when my mind is quiet and free of thoughts

I often work on evenings and weekends and or I rarely take an email free vacation

I don’t feel passionately committed to what I do

I spend too little time at work doing what I do best and enjoy most

There are significant gaps between what I say is important in my life and how I actually live

My decision at work are often more influence by external demands than by a strong clear sense of my own purpose

I don’t invent enough time and energy in making positive difference to others and or in the world

As a guideline, if more than 10 of these statements are TRUE, then it’s definitely time to implement some positive change in your life.

HOW TO IMPLEMENT POSITIVE ACTION

Pick just ONE item that was TRUE for you and implement the positive alternative behavior. Just one item is important: lasting change happens one step at a time - by defining for yourself one specific action you can commit to and practice for 30 days straight then you can create a new habit in your life.

You can pick another action item after you have done and celebrated achieving the first one!